During his long career, Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) made more than 4000 coherent, powerful and legible symbols and figures. We still see their traces around us on a daily basis: in pictograms featured on objects ranging from traffic signs to gameboys, and in information graphics. This overview of Gerd Arntz's life and work includes a selection of his political prints and other rare visual material that was never published previously.